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Mr. Tom Posted 6 years ago
Vocabulary

Idiom 'Keep me in the swim'

Hi

I recently watched an interview in which the Indian speaker played with the expression 'in the swim'. He said.

I asked him to keep me in the swim but... (=keep me posted)

Does it sound natural/OK to your native ears?

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Mr. Tom Does it sound natural/OK to your native ears? Not in that meaning.

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  • Mr.
  • Tom Does it sound natural/OK to your native ears?
  • Not in that meaning.
  • To be in the swim (of things) is to be actively involved in current affairs.
  • Your Indian misused it.
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Mr. TomDoes it sound natural/OK to your native ears?

Not in that meaning. To be in the swim (of things) is to be actively involved in current affairs. Your Indian misused it. It is not a very common expression here in the Middle Atlantic states.

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Mr. Tomto keep me in the swimF
Does it sound natural/OK to your native ears?

Never heard it. (California)

CJ

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